California Family Code PART 1 - DEFINITIONS

• Section 8500.
  Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions in this part govern the construction of this division.(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10....
• Section 8502.
  (a) “Adoption service provider” means any of the following:(1) A licensed private adoption agency.(2) An individual who has presented satisfactory evidence to the department that he or she...
• Section 8503.
  “Adoptive parent” means a person who has obtained an order of adoption of a minor child or, in the case of an adult adoption, an...
• Section 8506.
  “Agency adoption” means the adoption of a minor, other than an intercountry adoption, in which the department, county adoption agency, or licensed adoption agency is...
• Section 8509.
  “Applicant” means a person who has submitted a written application to adopt a child from the department, county adoption agency, or licensed adoption agency and...
• Section 8512.
  “Birth parent” means the biological parent or, in the case of a person previously adopted, the adoptive parent.(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10....
• Section 8513.
  “County adoption agency” means an adoption agency operated by a county or consortium of counties.(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 35, Sec. 4. (SB 1013) Effective...
• Section 8514.
  “Days” means calendar days, unless otherwise specified.(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 585, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.)
• Section 8515.
  “Delegated county adoption agency” means a county adoption agency that has agreed to provide the services described in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 8800) of...
• Section 8518.
  “Department” means the State Department of Social Services.(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
• Section 8521.
  (a) “Full-service adoption agency” means a licensed or authorized entity engaged in the business of providing adoption services, that does all of the following:(1) Assumes care, custody,...
• Section 8524.
  “Independent adoption” means the adoption of a child in which neither the department, county adoption agency, nor agency licensed by the department is a party...
• Section 8527.
  “Intercountry adoption” means the adoption of a foreign-born child for whom federal law makes a special immigration visa available. Intercountry adoption includes completion of the...
• Section 8530.
  “Licensed adoption agency” means an agency licensed by the department to provide adoption services.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 35, Sec. 8. (SB 1013) Effective June...
• Section 8533.
  (a) “Noncustodial adoption agency” means any licensed entity engaged in the business of providing adoption services, which does all of the following:(1) Assesses the prospective adoptive parents.(2) Cooperatively...
• Section 8539.
  “Place for adoption” means, in the case of an independent adoption, the selection of a prospective adoptive parent or parents for a child by the...
• Section 8542.
  “Prospective adoptive parent” means a person who has filed or intends to file a petition under Part 2 (commencing with Section 8600) to adopt a...
• Section 8543.
  “Qualified court investigator” means a superior court investigator with the same minimum qualifications as a probation officer or county welfare worker designated to conduct stepparent...
• Section 8545.
  “Special needs child” means a child for whom all of the following are true:(a) It has been determined that the child cannot or should not be...
• Section 8548.
  “Stepparent adoption” means an adoption of a child by a stepparent where one birth parent retains custody and control of the child.(Enacted by Stats. 1992,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018